Huawei MatePad Pro User manual

User Guide

Contents
Essentials
Basic Gestures 1
Lock and Unlock Your Screen 4
Get Familiar with the Home Screen 5
Control Panel 9
Take a Screenshot 13
Take a Partial Screenshot 14
Take a Scrolling Screenshot 15
Record the Screen 16
Enter Text 17
Multi-Window 20
Smart Features
AI Voice 26
AI Lens 29
AI Touch 30
Device+ 30
Multi-screen Collaboration 32
Huawei Share 36
Easy Print 36
Camera and Gallery
Take Photos 38
Moving Pictures 39
Pro Mode 40
Record Videos 43
Slow-Mo Recording 45
Time-Lapse Photography 46
Adjust Camera Settings 46
Manage Gallery 48
Edit Pictures 51
Highlights 52
Apps
Phone 55
MeeTime 55
Notepad 57
HiNote 61
Settings
Use Eye Comfort Mode 65
Notication and Status Icons 65
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Face Recognition 67
Security 68
Privacy 70
Accessibility Features 71
About Tablet 75
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Essentials
Basic Gestures
Basic Gestures and Shortcuts
System Navigation Gestures
Go to Settings > System & updates > System navigation and make sure that Gestures is
selected.
Return to the previous screen
Swipe in from the left or right edges to return to the previous screen.
Back to home screen
Swipe up from the bottom to go to the home screen.
Recent tasks
Swipe up from the bottom of the screen and hold to view recent tasks.
Close an app
When viewing recent tasks, swipe up on an app preview to close the app.
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Switch between apps
•Slide across the bottom edge of the screen to switch between apps.
Before using this gesture, touch Settings on the System navigation
screen, and ensure that Slide across bottom to switch apps is enabled.
•Swipe across the bottom of the screen in an arc to switch between apps.
If your device does not have the Slide across bottom to switch apps switch, it indicates
that the corresponding feature is not supported.
Knuckle Gestures
Before using knuckle gestures, use either of the following methods to make sure that all
necessary features are enabled (depending on your device model):
•Go to Settings > Accessibility features > Shortcuts & gestures, and enable Take
screenshot and Record screen.
•Go to Settings > Accessibility features > Motion control > Take screenshot, and enable
Smart screenshot.
Take a screenshot
Knock twice on the screen with a knuckle to take a screenshot.
Take a scrollshot
Knock on the screen with a knuckle and draw an "S" to take a scrolling
screenshot.
Capture part of the screen
Knock and draw an enclosed area with a knuckle to capture part of the
screen.
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Record screen
Knock twice on the screen with two knuckles to start or end a screen
recording.
More Gestures
Access Home screen editing mode
Pinch two ngers together on the home screen.
Display the shortcut panel on the lock screen
Turn on the screen and swipe up from the bottom of the lock screen.
Display the search bar
Swipe down from the middle of the home screen.
Display the notication panel
Swipe down from the upper left edge of the screen.
Turn on a shortcut switch
Swipe down from the upper right edge of the screen to display Control
Panel and touch to expand the shortcut switches panel (depending on
your device model).
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Button Shortcuts
Power o and restart
Press and hold the Power button until your device displays the Power o
and Restart menu.
Turn up volume
Press the Volume up button.
Turn down volume
Press the Volume down button.
Take a screenshot
Press the Volume down and Power buttons simultaneously.
Some products do not have volume buttons.
Lock and Unlock Your Screen
Lock and Unlock Your Screen
Lock Your Screen
Auto-lock:
Your device will automatically turn o when you haven't used it for a certain period of time.
You can go to Settings > Display & brightness > Sleep, and set the screen timeout duration.
Manually lock the screen:
To lock the screen, use either of the following methods:
•Press the Power button.
•On the home screen, pinch two ngers together to enter editing mode. Touch Widgets, and
drag the Screen Lock icon to the home screen. Then touch the Screen Lock icon to lock the
screen.
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Turn On the Screen
You can turn on the screen in any of the following ways (depending on your device model):
•Press the Power button.
•Go to Settings > Accessibility features > Shortcuts & gestures > Wake screen, and
enable and use Raise to wake and Double-tap to wake.
If your device does not have this option, it indicates that this feature is not supported.
Unlock Your Screen
Password unlock: Once the screen is turned on, swipe up from the middle of the screen to
display a panel where you can enter your lock screen password.
Face unlock: Once the screen is turned on, bring your face in front of the screen. Your device
will unlock automatically after recognising your face.
Get Familiar with the Home Screen
Use Service Widgets
Service widgets allow you to:
•Preview or access apps, such as to view the weather forecast, or play music.
•Select from a range of service widget styles and layouts to customise your home screen.
•Stack and combine multiple service widgets to save home screen space, streamline your
home screen, and navigate with greater ease.
Apps with a widget bar at the bottom support service widgets.
To remove the widget bar, go to Settings > Home screen & wallpaper > Home screen
settings > Show widget bars.
This feature is not supported in some cases, such as when your device is in Simple mode.
Add Service Widgets to Your Home Screen
You can add a service widget to the home screen in any of the following ways:
•Swipe up on an app icon to expand its service widget, and touch to add the service
widget to the home screen.
•Swipe up on an app icon to expand its service widget, touch and hold down on the service
widget, select More service widgets, and select your desired style. Then touch Add to
home screen.
•Touch and hold down on an app icon, touch Service widgets, select your desired style, and
touch Add to home screen.
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If there is no space available on the current screen, the widget will be pinned to the next
screen. If neither screen has any space, a new screen will be created for the service widget, to
the right of the current screen.
You can also touch and hold down on a service widget on the More service widgets screen,
and drag it to any blank area on the home screen. If you decide not to add the service widget
to the home screen while dragging it, drag it to the cancel zone instead at the top of the
screen.
•Service widgets cannot be pinned to folders.
•You won't be able to swipe up on an app icon to expand the service widget in Drawer
mode.
Stack Service Widgets
Stack same-sized service widgets to save home screen space, and streamline your home
screen.
1To do so, touch and hold down on a service widget, drag it to another service widget of
the same size, and release to stack the two widgets, once they have completely
overlapped. Swipe up or down to cycle between widgets.
2Swipe down further to expand the stack. From there, you can perform the following
operations for any single service widget:
•Pinning a service widget to the top: Touch a service widget, and pin it to the top of
the stack.
•Adjusting the position of a service widget: Touch and hold down on a service
widget, and drag it to change its position.
•Moving a service widget out of the stack: Touch and hold down on a service widget,
and drag it left or right to any blank area on the home screen.
•Deleting a service widget from the stack: Swipe left on a service widget.
You can also touch and hold down on a service widget stack to edit or remove the top service
widget.
Combine Service Widgets
Combine service widgets of all sizes, and add frequently-used shortcuts to service widget
combinations, to create shortcuts for common features.
1To do so, touch and hold down on a service widget, drag it to another service widget of
any size until they partially overlap, and release to complete the combination, once the
back panel has been expanded.
2Touch and hold down on a service widget combination. From there, you can:
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•Touch Edit combo to add or remove Service widgets or Shortcuts. Touch , , or
to change the template size. Hold and drag to adjust the position of the added
content.
•Touch Rename to edit the name of the service widget combination.
•Touch Remove combo to remove the service widget combination.
If there is an empty space in a service widget combination, you can drag another service
widget to add it to the combination. If there is not enough space for the service widget
combination, you can go to Edit combo, and change the template size to a larger one.
You can also touch and hold down on a service widget to edit or remove it.
Certain service widgets can't be edited.
Edit and Remove Service Widgets
Edit service widgets:
Touch and hold down on a service widget, and select Edit to set which information will
display for the widget. For example, you can select cities for the Weather service widget, or
select a time zone for the Clock service widget.
Remove service widgets:
Touch and hold down on a service widget, and select Remove to remove it from the home
screen.
•If you uninstall certain apps, the corresponding service widgets will also be removed.
•Certain service widgets can't be edited.
Create and Use Large Folders
Large folders make it easy to categorize app icons on the home screen. Directly open an app
by touching the app icon, without expanding the folder, and adjust the folder size as needed,
to craft your ideal home screen layout.
Create a Large Folder
1Touch and hold an app icon and drag it over another icon to create a new folder.
2Touch and hold a folder to switch between display modes. For example, you can touch
and hold a new folder and select Enlarge from the displayed menu to create a large
folder.
3You can touch the lower right corner of the large folder to open it and then touch the
folder name to rename it.
You can also rename the folder by touching and holding it and selecting Rename.
Operations in a Large Folder
You can perform the following operations in large folders:
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